Benhmama Leads the Way; Kabrhel in the Chasing Pack on Day 2 of $600 Deepstack


Welcome back to the PokerNews coverage of Event #10: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack at the 2025 World Series of Poker, held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
An incredible 6,090 bullets were fired on Day 1, building a prize pool of $3,069,360. Of those that entered the fray, 918 made it into the money. The remaining 301 players are well past that milestone and will have their eyes on the $318,842 winner's purse.
Taha Benhmama from Spain leads the field into Day 2, bagging an impressive 3,165,000 in chips. If he continues this strong performance, it could result in a significant milestone and the largest cash prize of his career.
The three closest contenders are Sacha Guerrero (2,635,000), Mukul Pahuja (2,595,000), a seasoned pro with over $6 million in live earnings, and Blair Hinkle (2,135,000).
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Taha Benhmama | Spain | 3,165,000 | 127 |
2 | Sacha Guerrero | France | 2,635,000 | 105 |
3 | Mukul Pahuja | United States | 2,595,000 | 104 |
4 | Blair Hinkle | United States | 2,135,000 | 85 |
5 | Adam Croffut | United States | 1,990,000 | 80 |
6 | Dustin Apperson | United States | 1,710,000 | 68 |
7 | Ashish Anilkumar | India | 1,530,000 | 61 |
8 | Jeremy Wien | United States | 1,460,000 | 58 |
9 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 1,330,000 | 53 |
10 | Brandon Mincher | United States | 1,305,000 | 52 |
Plenty of the games' elite entered the arena too, including the opinion-dividing Martin Kabrhel. Kabrhel was one of many players who chose to register late for this event, but that didn't stop him from bagging a big stack, returning with 555,000 chips for Day 2.
Other notable names to progress include, but are not limited to, Jeremy Wien (1,460,000), Kevin Song (760,000), Gary Blackwood (395,000), Darren Rabinowitz (376,000), and Alen Bakovic (215,000).
Day 2 will resume on June 2nd at 11 a.m. local time in the Red Section of the Horseshoe Ballroom, playing down to a winner. Players will return to Level 22 with blinds at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante, with 10 minutes remaining in the level.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates and full coverage of this event and all the action from the 2025 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.